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Snyder’s-Lance to close Florida chips plant
Snack foods maker Snyder's-Lance, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is closing its chips plant in Perry, Florida, as part of a performance transition plan. The plant is expected to close by the end of September. This decision is intended to enable... more
Webinar to focus on ways to enhance growth, yield
Potato plants grow and mature in significantly different ways than most seed-grown cereals and fruiting crops, requiring growers to utilize management practices that complement the plant's unique development. The Plant Management Network (PMN) has... more
Torro offset harvester to debut at Potato Europe 2017
Dewulf has expanded its product range with a new 2-row trailed offset harvester with bunker that has been named Torro. The harvester is a compact, light offset harvester that "guarantees maximum product quality and combines harvesting capacity with m... more
CNH Industrial, Trimble enable data sharing
Trimble and CNH Industrial are enabling wireless connectivity between Trimble Ag Software, Case IH Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) Connect and New Holland Precision Land Management (PLM) Connect telematics platforms in North America. The collaboration... more
Washington growers vote to continue marketing order
Potato producers in Washington voted to continue their federal marketing order program. The Washington potato marketing order provides authority for grade, size, quality, maturity and container regulations. The State of Washington Potato Committee lo... more
Lindsay Corporation names new president and CEO
Timothy Hassinger has been appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of the board of directors of Lindsay Corporation, which manufactures and markets irrigation equipment. The appointments are effective Oct. 16. Hassinger wil... more
BioSafe updates AzaGuard label
BioSafe Systems has released a new formulation of AzaGuard Insecticide/Nematicide. A common inert used in emulsified concentrates was recently put on the EPA watch list, BioSafe noted in a press release. BioSafe Systems underwent the process of re... more
WSU researchers take another look at effects of water loss
Researchers from Washington State University have taken a second look at what has happen to potato farms in the water-challenged Odessa aquifer region, located in Adams, Franklin, Grant and Lincoln counties in east central Washington. The original... more
Potato grower supports trade at farm bill hearing in D.C.
Potato grower Eric Halverson was in Washington, D.C., July 13 to speak in front of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee regarding the importance of the USDA export programs. Halverson is a fourth-generation farmer and CEO of Black... more
Miller Research Station to host pest management field day
Miller Research will host its annual pest management field day Aug. 16 at its facility located near Acequia, Idaho. The day will be highlighted by a tour of the research plots. Trials to be highlighted include research on pink rot, rhizoctonia can... more
